Section 25722.7.

(a) In order to further achieve the policy objectives set forth in Sections 25000.5, 25722, and 25722.5, on or before June 1, 2007, the Department of General Services in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall establish a minimum fuel economy standard that is above the standard, as it exists on January 1, 2007, established pursuant to Section 3620.1 of the State Administrative Manual, for the purchase of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks for the state fleet that are powered solely by internal combustion engines utilizing fossil fuels.

(b) On or after January 1, 2008, all new state fleet purchases of passenger vehicles and light duty trucks powered solely by internal combustion engines utilizing fossil fuels, by the Department of General Services and any other state entities shall meet the fuel economy standard established under subdivision (a).

(c) Authorized emergency vehicles, as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, and vehicles identified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 25722.5 are exempt from this section.

(d) Vehicles purchased, that are modified for the following purposes, are exempt from this section.

(1) To provide services by a state entity to an individual with a disability or a developmental disability, as defined under the statutes or regulations governing that state entity.

(2) As a reasonable accommodation for the known physical or mental disability, as defined in Section 12926 of the Government Code, of an employee.

(e) For purposes of this section, "state entities" includes all state departments, boards, commissions, programs, and other organizational units of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.

(f) No provision of this section shall apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make that provision applicable.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 767, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)